Case for lipstick and the like



June 17, 1952 P. SUINAT 2,500,811

CASE FOR LIPSTICK AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 6, 195

Patented June 17, 1952 CASE FOR LIPSTICK AND THE LIKE Pierre Suinat,Enghien,

France, assignor to Chanel, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of NewYork Application October 6, 1950, Serial No. 188,753

, In France July 12, 1950 1 Claim. (01. 20656) My invention relates to acase for cosmetics and in particular for lipsticks. The main object ofmy invention consists in preventing the operation of thecosmetic-lifting means as long as the cover of the case has not beenremoved. I have also sought to prevent the positioning of the cover aslong as the cosmetic has not been returned into the bottom of the case.

The following description and accompanying drawings given by Way ofexample and by no means in a limiting sense, will allow understandinghow the invention may be executed, the features appearing in the drawingand in the specification forming part of the invention inasmuch as theyare readable in the claim. In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a case established in accordance withthe invention after removal of the cover, shown near by, the cosmeticbeing in its raised position.

Fig. 2 is an axial cross-section through line II-II of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-section through line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

In the example disclosed, the case is provided with a base I the sizeand shape of which are selected in accordance with the outer appearanceit is desired to give the case, and inside said hollow base I is secureda central tube 2 the outer diameter of which is less than the innerdiameter of the recess in the base so as to leave a gap therebetween; inthe example illustrated, the securing of the tube 2 is ensured by acollar 3 on said tube 2, which collar is embedded in the base I.

The tube 2 serves as a guide for a cosmetic carrier assuming, as shownby way of example, the shape of a cup 4 provided, if required, with. aninner projecting member adapted to take hold of the cosmetic stick 5;such a member that may also serve for further purposes as disclosedhereinafter, is illustrated under the form of a transverse pin 6 passingthrough the cup 4.

Between the tube 2 and the inner wall of the base I is fitted a sleeve 1extending up to a level underneath that of the upper end of the tube,said sleeve being revolubly carried inside the base I.

Said sleeve carries at its periphery or is in one with a control member8 that may, as shown, assume the shape of a collar projecting outwardlybeyond the upper end of the case.

Between the tube 2 that is rigid with the base and the sleeve 1 that mayrevolve with reference to said tube, is inserted an arrangement fortransforming this relative movement of rotation into a sliding movementcontrolling the upward and downward movement of the cosmetic carrier 4.v

In the example disclosed, there are provided for this purpose a helicalslope 9 on the inner surface of the sleeve 1 and a slot that does notregister with the helical slope 9 and is preferably rectilinear orsubstantially rectilinear and that is provided in the tube 2 for guidinga stud l0 rigid with the cosmetic carrier 4. Said stud i that engagesthe slope 9 beyond said slot may in a simple embodiment form a mereouter eX- tension of the pin 6. It has also been supposed in theembodiment illustrated that the helical slope 9 was constituted by ahelical slot provided in an auxilary sleeve H fitted inside the sleeve1.

The case thus constituted is complete with a cap 12 covering the sleeve1 and engaging the operating member 8 rigid therewith.

According to a main feature of the invention, the three partsconstituted by (a) The cap I2 (b) The stationary system comprising thebase I and the tube 2 (c) The movable system comprising the sleeve 1 andthe control member 8 carry interengaging parts in a manner such that, inone or more predetermined relative positions, the cap may play the partof a bolt preventing the relative rotation between the two stationaryand movable systems b and 0. Thus in particular the rising movement ofthe cosmetic stick is prevented when the cap is in position and thereis, therefore, no risk of crushing said stick against the bottom of thecap. Furthermore, when the cap is to be positioned after the cosmetichas been used, it is necessary for the interengaging parts to registerin order to allow this repositioning, and consequently it is possible toprevent the complete closing of the case through the cap except for apredetermined relative position of the systems b and c, for which thecup 4 is at the lowermost end of its travel.

The drawing illustrates a preferred manner of providing for such aninterengagement: the interengaging parts are in this case carried by thesleeve I, by the end of the tube 2 projecting beyond same and inside thecap. To this end, the outer wall of the sleeve 1, said end of the tube 2and the inner wall of the cap l2 have noncircular sections correspondingwith one another; as illustrated, the cap [2 is provided, for instance,with grooves I3 adapted to be engaged by the projecting ribs I4 and I5at the periphery of the sleeve 1 and of the end of the tube 2respectively. In the example illustrated, it has been supposed that theprojecting ribs I5 are provided on a collar I6 carried by the upper endof the tube 2 and capping with some clearance the upper end of thesleeve I I.

It is of advantage, as readily apparent from the drawing, to give aconsiderable height to the part of the sleeve 1 projecting above thebase I in order to prevent any relative rotation between the systems band c as long as the cap I2 has not been shifted by a considerablelength.

Of course, the above described embodiment has been disclosed only by wayof exemplification and it is possible to modify it in various mannerswithout unduly widening the scope of the invention as defined inaccompanying claim.

What I claim is:

A cosmetic holder which comprises a base having a bore therein extendingdownwardly from the top thereof; an inner sleeve having its bottom endfast with said base at the bottom of said bore, and extending upwardlythrough said bore with its upper part projecting out of said base, saidinner sleeve being of less outer diameter than said bore to leave anannular space between said sleeve and said base; an outer tubular unitaround said inner sleeve, adapted to rotate freely about the same,having its lower portion in said annular space rotatably borne in saidbore, while the upper part of said tubular unit projects out of saidbase; a collar secured to the top of said inner sleeve and projectingperipherally from the outer surface thereof to provide a stop againstupward movement of said outer tubular unit; a lipstick carrier withinsaid inner sleeve; means for advancing and retracting said lipstickcarrier coincident with the relative rotation of said outer tubular unitand said inner sleeve; a removable cap adapted to be fitted over saidcollar and the upper part of said outer tubular unit; a peripheralflange secured to the outer surface of said tubular unit immediatelyadjacent the upper end of said base, said flange laterally projectingbeyond said base so as to provide both a manipulation member and anabutment for said cap; said tubular unit and said collar havingcorresponding longitudinal ribs on their outer peripheral surfaces,adapted to register for predetermined relative positions of said unitand inner sleeve, While said cap is formed with inner longitudinalgrooves corresponding to said ribs, so as to accommodate sa d ribs whenthe same are registering, said means and said ribs being so relativelypositioned that said ribs register when said lipstick carrier is in itsfully retracted position and said ribs are out of register when saidlipstick carrier is advanced to project the lipstick from the holder.

PIERRE SUINAT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the filo ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,131,046 Hoffman Sept. 27, 19382,393,677 Gelardin Jan. 29, 1946 2,480,539 Bezault Aug. 30, 19492,491,775 Segal Dec. 20, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date834,749 France Aug. 29, 1938

